Viva Knievel! is a 1977 action movie starring Evel Knievel (as himself), Gene Kelly, and Lauren Hutton.
Daredevil motorcycle rider Evel Knievel stars as himself in this fictional story. The film opens with Knievel sneaking into an orphanage late at night to deliver presents: Evel Knievel action figures. One of the boys casts away his crutches, telling Knievel that if he could walk after his crashes, then he (the boy) can, too.
Knievel then prepar...
more
Viva Knievel! is a 1977 action movie starring Evel Knievel (as himself), Gene Kelly, and Lauren Hutton.
Daredevil motorcycle rider Evel Knievel stars as himself in this fictional story. The film opens with Knievel sneaking into an orphanage late at night to deliver presents: Evel Knievel action figures. One of the boys casts away his crutches, telling Knievel that if he could walk after his crashes, then he (the boy) can, too.
Knievel then prepares for another of his stunt jumps. We are introduced to his alcoholic mechanic Wil Atkins (Gene Kelly), who was a former stunt rider himself before his wife died, driving him to drink. While signing autographs, Knievel is ambushed by feminist photojournalist Kate Morgan (Lauren Hutton), who has been sent to photograph the jump: if Knievel is killed, it will be a great story.
As it happens, Evel does crash while attempting the stunt (shown using footage from one of Knievel's real jumps), and though badly injured, survives. He berates Morgan,...
less
